Around 80 human rights and aid organisations urged the United Nations member states to drop Russia from the Human Rights Council over its military campaign in war-torn Syria. The signatories - which include Human Rights Watch, CARE International and Refugees International - called on UN members to question whether Russia's role in Syria renders it fit to serve on the body’s human rights institution

In answer to public demand, Faylaq al-Rahman announces its intentions to stop any hostilities it has with Jaysh al-Islam and has a plan for a creation of a common operations room in Eastern Ghouta with all the factions. The plan also includes the removal of checkpoints and barriers amongst the different groups inside the Damascus pocket, Eastern Ghouta.

The leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah cast the insurgency against the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad as a facade designed to weaken Iran’s regional access and make “changes to the map”, vowing to stay in Syria until it could “defeat the apostate project.”

United States State Department spokesman John Kirby denies any United States role in clashes between the SDF/YPG and Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army rebels west of Mare, and says that the clashes 'can only give new oxygen to IS.'

Commander in the Free Syrian Army: The difference between the Free Syrian Army, the YPG and IS is that their fighters are killed everywhere and their leaders are safe. While our leaders die on the front lines.